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I know no better way to say it or write it. Life has those kinds of moments—the kind where human language experiences the poverty of speech, unable to adequately describe personal or communal pain.

Our beloved apologist wrestled with the Psalms’ hardest words in his season of suffering. In trying times, we often turn to the familiar: a lifelong friend, a staple recipe, an album that has worn ...

The clocks are sorry, the clocks are very sad. One stops; one goes on striking the wrong hours. And the grass burns terribly in the sun; The grass turns yellow secretly at the roots. Now suddenly the ...

Fr. Harrington offers reflections on the key elements of the biblical laments, including Psalms 3, 5, and 22, and their message for those who suffer today. Sponsored by the School of Theology and ...

A Jewish midrash (creative interpretation) imagines Prophet Esther (who according to the rabbis was one of seven Jewish female prophets) reciting Psalm 22 the moment before she was about to enter King ...

(UNDATED) King David is mum and pointing at his tongue. He has promised to speak no evil word, writing “I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” And “the wicked” are in very ...